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CIO Job Search: A Real Life Chronicle

Former CIO Mark Cummuta reports on the trials and tribulations of trying to find a new position and offers hard-won advice for job seekers.

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All that's right and wrong with the business of enterprise software: A cold, hard look at ERP, CRM, BI and Supply Chain applications.

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LinkedIn Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Social Network for Professionals

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Sept. 8 Webcast: UK Journey to the Future-State CIO: Discussion with Dave Ubachs, Procter & Gamble and Mark Chillingworth, CIO UK magazine

Mark Chillingworth, Online Editor at CIO UK magazine, will host an intimate discussion on the Journey to the Future-State CIO with special guest Dave Ubachs, CIO & Shared Services Manager for UK, Ireland & Scandinavia at Procter & Gamble. Mark and Dave will outline the steps to the "Journey to the Future-State" including resetting expectations, enhancing expertise and elevating stakeholder relationships. Dave will share what has worked, what hasn't, and how that is shaping the journey at P&G. View now »

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Hess outsourced its IT infrastructure management to improve operations and reliability at all of the energy company's locations around the world. However, CIO Jeff Steinhorn and others soon realized that they needed a robust governance structure to oversee the relationship with IBM and to ensure that all operations and issues were being worked on by the right people within both companies. Download now »

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Group mentoring is a key component of the CIO Executive Council's Pathways leadership development program. In contrast to a more traditional one-on-one relationship, the group environment provides participants with a unique ongoing opportunity to tap the wisdom of a seasoned CIO, as well as network with small groups of their peers. The Council has gathered advice from several of our CIO members who have served as mentors to develop the group mentoring best practices included in this guide.
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How a Global IT Revamp Is Fueling Ford’s Turnaround

Ford’s revamped IT department provides global shared services and is deploying consumer tech in new vehicles to cut costs, attract customers and restore profit. Full Story »

From Einstein to Xbox: The IFA Consumer Electronics Exhibition Turns 50

From Einstein to Xbox, the IFA has shown it all. Some products, like the 3DTV, were ahead of their time. Others, like the MiniDisc...well, just never got off the ground. Full Story »

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Effectively Address your Biggest IT Challenges

Take a holistic approach to storage planning to reap the most success possible in today's IT environment. Enterprise Strategy Group explains how to select the right tools to build a virtualized, efficient data center by reducing your storage footprint, streamlining operations, and simplifying storage management.

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Improve Service Levels while Cutting Costs

Identification of underperforming processes for databases, operations, systems, storage and capacity management is the first step to service optimization. But where do you start? This paper will help you identify the areas for improvement and explains how IT workload automation can significantly reduce complexity and IT staff inefficiencies.

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4 Steps to Maximize Website Search

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Mobile Computing Trends 2010

Users are demanding faster access to business applications and want devices that have the latest features that they can be proud to demonstrate in front of clients and partners. Defining a mobile strategy, standardizing laptops, notebook, tablets and smart phones can be a daunting task - especially for smaller organizations where IT is already wearing so many hats. Learn how to cost-effectively meet these demands while ensuring security and staying within budget. View Now »

Advancing Knowledge Sharing with Google: The LSNC Story

In the modern work environment, knowledge sharing has become paramount to organizational success, given the geographic dispersion, mobility, and information overload... View Now »

It's time to stick a fork in the traditional desktop - reinventing client computing with a flexible, service-oriented approach

Though often viewed as a non-strategic commodity by IT, today's desktop is a primary barrier to end-user satisfaction, IT effectiveness, and business flexibility. It's time for enterprise IT to acknowledge the problem and eliminate it. View Now »

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Define and Deploy a World-Class PLM System

This paper presents technical details of benchmark testing data that validates the performance and scalability of SQL Server 2008 as an enterprise-class database management system for Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA V6. This system scales to 5,000 collaborative users while maintaining performance and meeting user requirements. Read Now »

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A Powerful Platform for Virtuallization

Examine the 5 unique requirements that virtualization imposes on hardware, and discover how the next generation of HP's ProLiant server line can deliver virtualized, efficient data centers, rapid ROI and lower operational expenses.

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Bridging the Gap Between Batch Processing and BSM

With more than 70% of business-related processing performed in batch jobs, it's essential that batch processing management be included in your IT management framework best practices.